Thursday, May 28, 2009

What I learned from Google Trends

So Google, true to its oath of constantly churning out new ways to probe the colon of the web, put out Google Trends a while ago, where you can type in a search term and see a graph of its search popularity, as well as where it's most frequently searched from. I have trolled the depths of the internet to bring you some little tidbits of knowledge that are hidden within.

—"Dung" is the great comeback story of 2008. "Shit" was the unchallenged leader in manurial searches for a long time, but then dung charged out of nowhere and, despite a weird random drop around Valentine's Day (coincidence?! Yep.), now sits atop the board. Also note the bizarrely rapid increase in dung-related news stories.

—"Me" trumps "Jesus." Even on Christmas. And especially in stupid, heatheny New Zealand. Note the particularly selfish graphlump in December 2007.

—Every time there's a spike in "masturbation," there's a decline in "depression." Certainly explains why Rob is so happy.